File:U.S. naval officers on the conning tower of the captured German submarine U-505, in June 1944 (NH 10585).jpg

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English: U.S. naval officers shown on the conning tower of the captured German submarine U-505 on 4 June 1944. The officers are, from right to left: Commander Earl Trosino, USNR; Captain Daniel V. Gallery, Jr., USN, Commanding Officer, USS Guadalcanal (CVE-60); and Lieutenant Junior Grade Albert L. David, USN, who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for leading the boarding party that captured the submarine and carried out initial salvage operations. Note the United States flag flying above the German Navy ensign. U-505 was the first enemy warship captured on the high seas by the U.S. Navy since 1815.
Depicted place Atlantic Ocean
Date 4 June 1944
date QS:P571,+1944-06-04T00:00:00Z/11
institution QS:P195,Q3250126
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NH 10585
Source U.S. Navy photo NH 10585, halftone reproduction of a photograph taken soon after the submarine's capture, copied from the USS Guadalcanal (CVE-60) Memory Log, page 28.

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14:47, 19 March 2009Thumbnail for version as of 14:47, 19 March 2009575 × 765 (82 KB)Gonzosft (talk | contribs){{Information |Description={{en|1=U.S. Naval Officers shown on the submarine's conning tower are, from right to left: Commander Earl Trosino, USNR; Captain Daniel V. Gallery, Jr., USN, Commanding Officer, Guadalcanal; and Lieutenant Junior Grade Albert L.

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